put him on two years supervised probation, demanded that he do 400 hours of community service and pay $5,000 to the victim's fund. this came after about an hour presentation by arenas' defense attorney and even arenas himself, standing in front of a judge saying i'm very sorry all this happened. every day i wake up and i wish it didn't. he said by lying about what happened, he was out to protect his family, his teammates. he said he would rather keep a friend and a teammate and lose everything else. it was an emotional day for gilbert arenas here in this courthouse. again, a judge sentencing him to 30 days at a halfway house, putting a suspended 18-month prison sentence, two years supervised probation, 400 hours of community service, and a $5,000 fine to the victim's fund. now this comes after the prosecution had asked the judge to sentence arenas to jail for three months as a result of this gun incident last year at the verizon center. we're here gathering reaction. i'll be back with more soon. >> thanks, pat. when the news of the gilbert arenas guns case first broke, fan were shocked. many of them had mixed feelings about what should happen to the basketball star. our team coverage continues now with nbc 4's john trippen outside the verizon cente with more fan reaction this afternoon. hey, john. >> hey, pat. how's it going? we're here outside of the verizon center, a place gilbert arenas used to call home. fans are are very split have mixed reaction on this. everyone has a strong opinion. for most of the afternoon, we actually decided to post up -- as people were inside having lunch and watching the tv screen. i realize this story is bigger than just this local area. i talked to people from new york, pittsburgh, even as far away as south africa and everyone seems to be weighing in on this issue. now, some people are upset that gilbert arenas took his role as a role model a little too lightly. others say they understand he's a prankster, but say to play with guns is something that is simply inexcusable. i posed the question to many people as we heard the sentence come down. skied should gilbert arenas face jail time? >> he should get the same punishment anyone would, bring guns into the city or into the district, would get. i don't think he should get any preferential treatment for being a -- rich or famous or an athlete in the city. >> i do feel like he should pay some type of consequence of some sort, you know, not sure if it should be house arrest or anything like that. but he shoul have some time to think about his actions. >> everybody make msz takes. people should be able to go through what they have to do and then get over it and say, okay, yoknow what, i learned from my mistakes. you keep doing it then, i would have a problem. >> so you would forgive him? >> yeah, i would forgive him. i think most people should be forgi forgiven. >> gilbert arenas is suspended indefinitely from the nba. some people would like to see him on an nba court sometime in the near future. that's the latest here reporting live from the verizon center, john trippen, back to you. >> you'll remember the other man at the other end pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor gun possession charge. as part of a plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop a second misdemeanor charge for him. he was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation and fined. he has agreed to begin a mentoring program with children and work with the nba for relief for haiti earthquake victims. we'll have more live team coverage on news 4 at 5:00. >> we are drying out after some really wet weather this morning. and the mercury has taken a dip. >> it is chilly out there. veronica johnson is in the storm center. and she has more on what we can expect from the forecast. veronica? >> we went from temperatures yesterday feeling a'ing a lot li like may. going back to the wrong season, right? here is what brought in the weather system that has been moving through our area, what is left of the rain showers right now. you see they are moving east/southeast out and away from our area. down around madison, orange county, spotsylvania, through the northern neck and around caroline, hanover, moving away from our area. st. mary city still west and montross and bowling green and port royal too. you will be seeing that rain end very soon. we did manage to pick up anywhere from a quarter of an inch of rain to just over a half, close to three-quarters there around camp spring. close to that around pax river. skies are clearing out that will make some pretty cold temperatures tonight. we are going to drop below freezing tonight. it is going to be a cold one indeed. we might have to turn the heat back on. we keep that chill around through the weekend. warmup is expected next week. we're going to look at the seven-day forecast in a few. pat? new at 4:00, a montgomery county police sergeant has been indicted on felony theft charges after police say she doctored her time sheet to get paid for hours she didn't work. detectives began investigating sergeant jacqueline davie after someone noticed she wasn't at work during the hours that her time sheet said she was. they discovered they was paid more than $10,000 for hours she didn't work. this morning she turned herself in. davie has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the trial. police are trying to figure out what caused a driver to lose control of her car and crash into a store. it happened in the bradley shopping center in the 3,000 block of king street in alexandria. a woman driving a 1999 toyota camry lost control and crashed into the foot solution shoe store. no one was injured. witnesses say this was the second time in the past two weeks an accident like this has happened there. a csx freight train derailed this morning near the howard county/baltimore county line no one was injured. the train was on its way to philadelphia, carrying plastics and aluminum when it went off the tracks. no hazardous material leaks have been reported. the cause of the derailment is under investigation. today president obama and the president of russia announced an agreement to deeply cut both nation's atomic arsenals, nuclear arsenals. the move decreases the possibility of nuclear war and demonstrates increased cooperation between our two rival nations. steve handelsman is on capitol hill this afternoon with the latest. steve? >> reporter: this treaty still needs to be ratified by the u.s. senate. that takes a two-thds vote. so far, skeptics seem to be satisfied. >> we turned the words into action. >> reporter: trumpeting his news for strategic arms reduction treaty starts at the white house. president obama said he finalized it on the phone this morning with russian president medvedev who he had seen in september, showing they can work together. >> we made progress that is clear and concrete. and we have demonstrated the importance of american leadership and american partnership on behalf of our own security and the world's. >> reporter: the treaty limits each nation's nuclear warheads to 1550, that's two-thirds fewer than what they had under the last treaty in 1991. launchers are limited to 700. land-based missiles, long range bombers and submarines equipped with nucar arms. >> the cold war really is behind us. and these massive nuclear arsenals that both of our countries maintained as part of deterrence no longer have to be so big. >> reporter: republicans say what's left has to be top notch. >> if you draw down the number of weapons and weapon delivery systems, nuclear warheads, and systems that deliver them, under this treaty, which will be done, then it is even more imperative that what you have left works. >> two, one -- >> reporter: the new treaty would allow u.s. missile defense, like the bush era plan to build radars and intercepter missiles in eastern europe to stop any future nuclear missile launched by iran. keeping that option open for a possible u.s. weapons defense system could win key republican votes. when this new treaty comes up for ratification here in the u.s. senate. from the hill, i'm steve handelsman, news, 4. the final version of a landmark health care reform bill has been agreed on and is now on its way to the president's desk. after a close vote thursday night, democratic lawmakers made some changes to the bill. several top democratic and republican lawmakers received threats and several offices vandalized after the initial version passed on sunday. lawmakers on both sides have condemned this. >> stand up and say this is wrong, and we do not want you to do it, and you repudiated. >> some top lawmakers are receiving extra protection while the fbi and capitol hill police investigate the vandalism and threats. they are reunited. arizona senator john mccain and sarah palin are campaigning together again for first time since the 2008 presidential campaign. the former running mates are holding a rally in tucson, arizona, right now. palin is helping mccain who is facing a tough re-election bid and palin is pushing her own message about the newly passed health care system overhaul. after today, the former alaska governor will help kick o a tea party tour that will be targeting democrats in the fall elections. news 4 at 4:00 is getting started. coming up, the big event. >> next at 4:15, thousands of people are preparing to flock to the district for one of the most eye catching spring events. and at 4:30, the ongoing controversy involving pope benedict and allegations of sexual abuse against children. then at 4:45, major airlines offer deep discounts for summer travel and you can ch in. we'll tell you fill out and mail back the census today. because your census answers are more than just answers. they're the first step toward a happier, healthier community. we can't move forward until you mail it back. 2010 census. breaking news now, just minutes ago suspended washington wizards guard gilbert arenas was sentenced. this all stems from the gun charges following the locker room incident in november. the judge sentenced arenas to 30 days in a halfway house with 18 months suspended, two years probation, he also has 400 community serviceours to serve and he has to pay a $5,000 fine. we'll continue to follow this story throughout the afternoon and bring you the very latest reaction. after months of weather delays, the chain bridge is set to close this weekend for reconstruction work, weather permitting. the bridge is scheduled to close at 8:00 p.m. tonight and reopen at 5:00 a.m. on monday morning. there will be no access to the bridge from the district or from arlington. no pedestrian, cyclists or drivers will be allowed on the bridge while ddot crews do their work. but through traffic on canal road will not be obstructed. thousands thousaof people w in d.c. for the annual cherry blossom festal. megan mcgrath is there where people are already showing up to see the cherry blossom trees. >> reporter: what a difference 24 hours can make. here's what the trees looked like yesterday. vast majority of the buds were closed. this morning, a much different sight. the trees have hit the so-called puffy white staple and age and beginning to open. on the higher branches, you can even see a flower or two. april 1st is the peak bloom prediction. >> today is the puffy white stage. the last stage before they bloom. supposed to get a little cold the next day, but at this point there is no slowing them down. >> reporter: the cherry blossom festival officially begins on saturday. this couple headed to the tidal basin today despite the rain. elizabeth panell will be out of town during the big bloom, so she cameo take a look this morning. >> they're much further along. i was driving home last night and noticed the cherry trees went fm nothing to lots of them are popped out. i said we got to grab it and get down there and see them. >> we see the cherry blossoms, they're poking out a little bit. she's going out on business. we had to see them before they were gone. >> reporter: if you're coming to blossom gaze, you may want to take metro. the paddleboat parking lot is closed to traffic. and there is only limited parking on haines point. ohio drive will also be one way for the next two weeks. >> all four lanes are going to be northbound only. so if you are used to coming down to the jefferson memorial or going on to haines point from the lincoln memorial and hugging the banks of the river on ohio drive, you can't do it. >> if you're looking to avoid some of the crowds, and it will be crowded, here' a suggestion. there are an equal number of flowering cherry trees on haines point. from the tidal basin, megan mcgrath, news 4. the cherry blossom festival runs through april 11th. tomorrow's the kickoff that starts at 10:00 at the national build museum. the irs is trying to collect back taxes from d.c. councilman marion barry again. washington post reports he owes $15,000 in unpaid taxes for 2005 to 2008 and that the irs issued a lien to try to collect money. 74-year-old barry is already on probation for failure to pay other taxes. and the irs is taking money from the former mayor's salary to pay back that money. barry's attorney tells the post the latest action by the irs is not a new thing. most of us know it is pretty expensive to live in the washington area. and a new study is showing just how much pressure monthly rent is putting on people's paychecks. d.c. has the sixth highest rent in the nation. that's according to a report from the center for housing policy. the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment is about $1500. that puts the district ahead of los angeles and new york. but san francisco is the most expensive place to rent. there the average is about $1760 a month. ahead on news 4 at 4:00 p.m., murder arrest. >> the body of a 7-year-old girl found in a land fill. now police believe they made a break in the case. plus, a live-in nanny risks her 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day to talk to your doctor... about your urinary symptoms and find out... if avodart is right for you. if you haven't had enough of the white house party crasher, trek and michaele salahi, you may be able to see them on bravo. the couple is reportedly part of the upcoming real housewives of d.c. series which could be back on according to the daily beast. the cameras were at the infamous state dinner last september when the salahis were led in without an invitation. turning to the weather, now it is just turning a little dryer. >> yep. >> than it was earlier. >> are we seeing any sunshine yet? let's find out. >> there is a little bit trying to peek through in some areas behind this powerful front that came through about midday. a real chill this weekend. i think whether you're heading to see the cherry blossoms around the tidal basin or heading to a movie or have to pull the coat back out this weekend. right now we have got 48 for a temperature. winds out of the north at 13rks ma 13, making it feel like 43. we managed to pick up .32 rain out of the weather system, which cleared the area. and a 25 to 30 degree temperature change compared to yesterday at this same time. when we were all kind of getting out and moving around early part of the day, we started out at about 50 degrees. then we dropped to 43 when the weather front moved through. we have snuck up to about 48 degrees. that's not going to last very long as skies clear. there is the last of the precip making its way out of the area, around spots like solomon, st. mary's, montross and ashland, virginia, where there is still a little wet weather hanging on, big stream southern portions of our viewing area. rockville, maryland, half inch of rain. your temperature now 54 degrees. around the neighborhood, great falls, .42 rain. there is our storm moving out. clearing skies overnight as high pressure moves in. that high pressure is going to be sticking around for much of the weekend with some colder air moving in. so here it is, future cast, next 48 hours clear tonight, early tomorrow morning. sunshine across the area. then it still hangs on for sunday. i think it is now late afternoon sunday. sunday night and monday that we get our next batch of wet weather in here. so here's a look at your forecast. clearing out tonight. sunsets at 7:26. temperatures fall from the low 40s to the mid-30s. and by morning, between 25 and 30 degrees. you might have to turn the heat on tonight before you go to bed. we're chilly and it is going to feel like early march tomorrow as we get up to a high temperature of about 50 degrees or so. same thing for sunday, still chilly with clouds returning and some wet weather for the early part of next week. oh, look at the end of the week. up to 70. we have to get through this weekd. barbara, pat? >> okay. we'll try. we're going to do that. thank you. we have an important programming note to tell you about today. starting monday, new 4z tod new will begin at 4:30. tune in for all the news, weather and traffic. that's news 4 today, 30 minutes earlier, beginning at 4:30 on monday morning. we're following news stories tonight on news 4 at 5:00 p.m. >> julie carey joins us in the newsroom with a preview about her story. >> it has been a very big month for the fairfax county police department. four legged partners i particular one of the two bloodhounds with the force. this is 2-year-old schnoz and his handler. about three weeks ago, the team apprehended a carjack suspect, and then wednesday night, they became life savers when they found a woman missing for two days in mason. coming up, i'll tell you more about the secrets of their success and why the canines have become an important part of their crime fighting arsenal. >> thanks, julie. we have more breaking news this afternoon out of prince georges county now. prince george county police and fire are responding a serious crash in upper marlboro. these are live pictures from chopper 4. police say a vehicle that had hit a tree is -- has trapped the three occupants of the vehicle. two teens are injured inside the vehicle. they were medevaced and an adult female was taken to the hospital again. this is breaking news in upper marlboro. one of the occupants is said to be in grave condition while the other two have very serious injuries. we'll have more on this breaking news story as we get it in our newsroom. > much more ahead on news 4 at 4:30. the scandal continues. >>'ses of sexual abuse against children in the catholic church and why some are pointing blame at the pope. a horrific turn of events along the interstate that left more than a half dozen people dead. and the new changes in a program intended to save owners from losing their homes to welcome back to news 4 at 4:00. i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm barbara harrisen in for jim handly. breaking news off the top now, the sentence is in for wizards guard gilbert arenas. >> the suspended player avoided jail time, but he will have to spend time in a halfway house. let's get right to news 4's jackie bensen who is outside the courthouse with the latest. jackie? >> reporter: gilbert arenas left the courthouse with his attorney a short time ago. he did not speak to the many, many reporters assembled back there. he left through a rear entrance of the courthouse. as you said, he's not going to jail. he is going to spend 30 days in a halfway house, which will be an extreme restriction on his personal freedom. it is still a restriction on freedom to go to a halfway house. he will also do two years in probation. he will have to perform 400 hours of community service and pay a $5,000 fine. this all stems from a locker room situation with teammate javaris crittenton. arenas pleaded guilty to violating the city's gun laws, a felony, in a december it 21st incident at the verizon center. we all know the story by now, that he's accused of bringing several guns to the wizards locker room, setting them in front of crittenton's locker telling him to pick one. earlier this week prosecutors presented the judge with a detailed memo saying they didn't think arenas was taking it seriously. he certainly changed the way he felt about this incident and as a result, the judge did not sentence him to any jail time, but a number of other penalties. back to you. >> jackie bensen. thank you, jackie. be sure to stay with news 4 and nbcwashington.com for continuing coverage of the gilbert arenas case. we'll have more live team coverage comg up on news 4 at 5:00. to our other top news story now, with pope benedict more closely involved in mishandling a case involving a pedophile priest than the vatican says he was. it is one of two allegations that the pope failed to act on be behalf of children sexually abused by priests. stephanie gosk has the story. >> reporter: allegations about the involvement in the mishandling of a pedophile priest case in wisconsin made headlines around the world. reverend lawrence murphy molested as many as 200 young boys from 1950 to 1974. >> he assaulted this child here, this child here. >> reporter: arthur was 12 when the abuse began. >> his innocence was stolen from him. >> reporter: in 1996, 20 years after murphy was removed from his job, the archbishop of milwaukee wrote to pope benedict, then cardinal joseph ratzinger asking to reopen a church investigation. he wrote i'm interested in a healing process from the church to the deaf community. cardinal ratzinger didn't reply. weekland wrote back to his deputy. true scandal in the near future seemed very possible. the case was briefly reopened until reverend murphy wrote to ratzinger pleading for mercy. i'm in poor health, i have repented of any of my past transgressions. ratzinger order the case be dropped and murphy died later that year. the official newspaper called the story a clear and despicable attempt to strike at this pope at any cost. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. the vatican was asking the diocese to interview the alleged victims in that wisconsin case. police are investigating a horrific accident involving a tractor trailer where 11 people were killed. police say the truck crossed the median on interstate 65 near louisville, kentucky, and hit a passenger van head on. the truck then hit a rock wall and burst into flames. ten people inside the van died as well as the driver of the truck. the van belonged to a mennonite church and was carrying a family to a wedding in iowa. police say two children in the van survived. new at 4:00, it has been five months and police have had thousands of leads. now florida authorities say there has been a break in the murder case of 7-year-old summer thompson. today investigators charged 24-year-old jarrett harold with murder. investigators say he was living at his parent's home in a suburb of jacksonville when summer went missing back in october. she had to walky the house on the way home from school two days after she disappeared her body was found in a nearby land fill. police say they're confident they now have the right man. >> i can tell you that in order to get to this point investigators have relied on statements from witnesses, admissions from the defendant, dna technology results, and evidence that harold was at the location when summer disappeared along with other evidence. >> jared harold has been in police custody since february 11th when he was arrested in mississippi on child pornography charges. he since has been extradited to florida. just ahead on news 4 at 4:00, changing course. the u.s. army says it is going to do basic training a little bit differently. >> a warning aboutome new social networking websites and how they could be putting you in danger. the rumored report about singing sensation beyonce and whether or not the world famous music diva has a breaking news now. just minutes ago, suspended washington wizards grd gilbert arenas was sentenced. this all stems from the gun charges following that locker room incident in november. this video of him leaving court is just into our newsroom. the judge sentenced arenas to 30 days in a halfway house. two years probation. he had 18 months of a suspended jail sentence. he also had to serve 400 community service hours and pay a $5,000 fine. we'll continue to follow this story. music's power couple beyonce and jay-z might be expecting. the website miatake-out.com is reporting that the 28-year-old beyonce is expect. she's apparently doing just fine and will continue to work through her pregnancy. the website also reports that hubby rapper jay-z is extremely happy. beyonce and jay-z have always been discreet about their personal lives. they began dating in 2002 and married in 2008. look at our forecast now. we have big doings here in washington starting tomorrow. hopefully the weather will cooperate. >> it is looking better, veronica. >> we're going to see the return of sunshine around here and the wind too, easing up a bit. 48 degrees the temperature now. with the wind, it is still blowing behind today's weather front. it feels like we're in the low 40s across the area. and you'll have to pull the coat back out too because we'll be down below freezing. all this has rain moved out of the area. you see it there across the southern portions of virginia. charlottesville, albemarle and there it is, big low pressure system just off the coast and moving away from our area. and the clear skies back in ohio. and rht now western areas of pennsylvania. so 30 to 32 degrees at 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. much lower readings to the north and west. we'll see a high tomorrow of 50 degrees with plenty of sunshine. back to you. >> all right. sounds good. thank you. >> when we come back on news 4 at 4:00, deep discounts. >> airlines are slashing prices ahead of summer vacations. how can you make sure you get the best deal? deadline day for one local city competing for the chance to be launching the site for a new high speed internet technology. i'm liz crenshaw. do cherry blossom trees actually produce fruit? that's the question. the answer is coming up next on what is the story behind the new flat debit cards? questions did driving in the district. >> how about the cherry blossoms? do they really produce cherrys? liz crenshaw is here with all the answers. >> chat and eat. >> that would be good. >> here is our first question, liz. it comes from washington, d.c. this person writes, what is the deal with the new debit cards. i got one from td bank and it looks fake. the card is flat with no embossed letters. i almost threw it away but it is the real deal. why the change? >> we went to td bank for the answer on this one. it says the new flat debit card is an effort to make things more convenient for customers. instead of waiting for an embossed card to come in the mail, new customers can get their visa debit cards immediately at a participating branch when they open their account. they're permanent and can be used right away when you get them. existing customers can take advantage of the convenience if they need to replace a lost or stolen card. the flat panel debit card works like a traditional embossed card. they're just as secure. if you're worried about encountering a merchant who uses one of those push pull devices that takes a carbon copy of the card, don't worry, the bank says those retailers will have to handwrite the card number down. all of the security stuff is embedded in the card now. it doesn't have anything to do with the raised numbers. >> okay. >> convenience. >> faster, yeah. next question from tim in temple hills, maryland. he wants to know if d.c.'s no right turn signs include weekends and holidays, also if you can make a right turn on red when entering a traffic circle and if you can park near an out of service fire hydrant. >> a lot of questions. when a sign says no right turn from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. that includes weekends and holidays unless otherwise noted. it also says you cannot park by a fire hydrant even if it is out of service. and as for entering a traffic circle, a driver must follow the posted traffic sign if there is one before making the turn into the circle. >> all right, liz. >> now the big one. >> cherries. can we pick cherries from the cherry tree? >> helenanted to know if that was possible and the answer is no. helen, we found your answer at the national cherry blossom festival website. the cherry blossom trees given to us as a gift from japan in 1912 are not fwrut bearing trees. they only produ beautiful pink and white combination blossoms. it says cherry trees you see around the tidal basin and near the washington monument grounds are predominantly yoshino cherry trees. about 3,700 cherry tree ceces can be found around the tidal basin, east potomac park and the washington monument grounds. if you got a questi, simply send the question to ask liz at nbcwashington.com. you can also use this e-mail address to contact us about any story idea you have coming up. do checks expire and why are the birds all of a sudden making so much noise at 5:00 in the morning? those are the questions and we ve the answers on news 4 at 5:00. >> they are noisy. >> helen from alexandria, that's a question we have all wondered for a long time. >> we have been wondering that. we can't go down to the cherry blossom parade and eat cherries. there won't be any there. >> thank you. spring break and summer vacation, that means flying again. airlines are making it easier on your budget. one airline trying to get a jump has touched off a price war. airtran launched some $88 round trip fares last week. other airlines matched the deals. now even larger carriers are undercutting their own schedules to stay competitive. >> i think people are starting to get tired of not traveling and it is like, okay, this gives me a good reason to travel. >> have to push the button, once you get people going, when you get somewhere, you spend, spend, spend. >> taxes and fees are not included in the discount fares. ahead on news 4 at 4:00, the u.s. army is making changes to its basic training program. why the military says video games are to blame. the dangers those geo tracking social networking websites could pose to you and your family. and don't forget about twitter and facebook. we're always posting updates and breaking news. search news 4 at 4:00. 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